I swear this light was posted before at a higher price, but perhaps I'm mixing it up with the $49.97 Coleman. Hopefully this one doesn't have the lack of heatsinking the XB-D version has. Claims 500 lumens for 7 hours 10 mins which seems too long.
Rick, don't blame your purchase on me! :)
-Garry
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Oh, the head is too small for price in a budget light. Yeah, I'm not interested now. What is micro textured?
Better buy it to find out. 
The reflector is stippled.
I love the aircraft grade aluminum, my future light will have space shuttle aluminum (and maybe heat tiles)
Yes super high tech Aircraft-Grade Aluminum is same as used to build 747 airliners, and the Lifetime-Bulb will never blow or burnout and last your lifetime. S)
The 6 AA arrangement sounds interesting, but my experience with Ozark Trail products is that they are low quality. Maybe this is an exception. Looks like the Coleman to the right is 6 AA arrangement too. 2P3S?
Yes to the right is the 6AA XR-E Coleman which one of my co-workers uses underground. To the right of that one (off the pic) is the 6AA Coleman XM-L. I know the Coleman XR-E is 2P3S, and I assume the same on the others. $30 seems like a nice price point. $50 is just too much (in a retail environment for non-flashaholics to consider.
-Garry
Any idea how many lumens the low setting is?
nice light
I don't know. Not sure if it said on the back of the package or not. I was in a rush when I saw it.
-Garry
I bought one of these a few weeks ago and love it! The low is probably around 100 lumens if I had to guess. I have been using the 200 lumen 4AA version for well over a year and it has worked great. The beam on this is very smooth and nice white tint. It is a little bit warmer than the tint on my 200 lumen model. They also have a new 250 lumen 4AA (Two stage) and a single stage 2 AA 200 lumen light. I have the entire collection. The 2 AA light is a flood monster and puts out a very bright wall of light! The 500 is still my favorite though! You cannot go wrong at $29.99, and they are easy to return if you do not like them.
Thanks for the feedback Mike!
-Garry
I just picked one of these up, and my name is also Mike, haha. I must say, I’m impressed with the light output, although I can’t quantify it very meaningfully as I’m not a flashlight enthusiast. I do have a 2D LED Maglite, which is supposed to be around 140 lumens, and this blows it out of the water. The LOW setting on this flashlight is listed as 100 lumens, and I consider that comparable to the LED Maglite.
Looks were deceptive for me, as it looked like the beam might be adjustable, but it isn’t. Oh well, for $29 this is still a lot of light!
I’ll try to do a comparison between the Maglite LED and the Ozark 500 sometime later this week if people are interested in it! I was thinking of taking pictures (with pre-set camera aperture and shutter speed) of both flashlights, then do a test of how much it dims over time by letting it run for an hour then taking another picture.
It claims 7.5 hours at 500 lumens and 38 hours at 100 lumens. Is this even feasible from 6 AA batteries??? I’m thinking no…but hopefully I’ll find time to test it later this week.
-Mike
No pics, no comparison :D?
Before Christmas, Walmart had an Online Sale on these. I picked one up for 20 dollars online, then went to my local Wally World and picked it up. Hasn’t been out of the plastic prison yet, have to release it, I guess.
Release them :D!
Do you have any other 3-6AA lights to compare them to?
2 sets of 3xAA… runs on 3 in either side.
this was one of my first “brighter lights” i bought. I have had it a while now… I like it.
no major heatsinking? but, havnt had any troubles with it because of the lack of heatsinkig. I’m a delivery driver who works after dark? I need a decent flashight.
could you buy something on the web for less, and probably get better performance fro less money? i am sure of it (I am not a professional flashaholic, lol… i rely on you guys for reviews, lol)
but, to walk in to WAL MART, and for 30 bucks walk out with something? its pretty cool.
its not built like a TANK or anything, but, its not goin to come apart in a week like some other lights have that ULTRA chinsy feel to them. this light will make some “regular shoppers” start down th path to becoming flashaholics, lol…
XML emitter… not driven to the redline by any stretch (I once took tailcap readings on low and high, and compared it to flashlightwiki information) but then it isnt mega heatsinked either.
for what its worth? if you stick 3xAA in ONE side, and “hold” a 4th AA onto the stack, to kind of “force feed” it some extra voltage? it works, th output goes visibly up… ad the tailcap readings start to climb up, too. I even stuck a 6-volt 4500mAh lead acid hot of the charger onto the battery springs just to be an absolute clown?
gave up 2.5 to 2.8 amps tail cap readings then… its moddable, but, most likely in the “why bother” category (though possible, lol)
things i LIKE… decent light output. Decent throw. I dont have a METER, i only know by my eyes. people that are not “into” flashlights are moderately impressed by it on high. “low” is still a meaningful amount of light… its not one of those “candle lows” (like the hp550 coast has). I also like a “side switch” on any light after a certain small size… i am gettig sick of this “tactical” crap, where even big lights have to be “tactical” and have the switch n the tailcap? on a bigger llight? a tailcap switch dooest get it for me. As a delivery driver, i am moving down a dark street, and have to plop the light out over the hood of the car one handed… side switch is great for this, tailcap switch on ay but the little lights? i feel like i am gona drop it. i actualy like a little bigger light than a tiny light… i just am gettig turned off by lights that are TOO big. Size and handfeel? are important to me, and this one s a good hand size.
things i dont like? this thing is moderately good light, but… they should have put the deeper reflector on it. it wuold have made a differece and pushed it over the top for me… that said, i still like it.
god help me, walmart is actually starting to carry some half decent flashlights now… i mean, they wont impress you PROS out there? but… the average guy that buys one? the first time they crack a half decent light open… they kinda go “holy crap!”
Just yesterday this light was available at walmart.com for $10 and I got one! It was an impulse buy, got it thinking if I dont like it can just return. Here I come on BLF and people already have bought it! Seems like I got a good deal!
For the 500L Ozark? You gotta link?